NHL Players' Association special counsel Steve Fehr said of the league's response to its offer, "They gave us the relish tray with no turkey." / Louis Lanzano, AP

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and NHL Players Association special counsel Steve Fehr talked briefly Friday morning, but then they both spent the same amount of time explaining their positions in separate interviews on radio station Fan 590 in Toronto.

Here is a sampling of their comments to the station:

About the possibility that the NHLPA might decertify as a strategy:

Daly: "I wouldn't view an antitrust lawsuit in this case to be anything other than an unfortunate development because I think it's a time-consuming process that would likely lead to the end of the season."

Fehr: "It suffices to say all things are under consideration."

About the proposal that the NHLPA submitted on Wednesday:

Fehr: "Players moved a long way. They have given owners concessions that are fairly valued at a billion dollars or more, but are not prepared to go any further now."

Daly: "In my optimistic view of the world, we got closer on Wednesday."

About the NHL's response to the NHLPA proposal:

Daly: "We had told them what our position was on various issues in advance, so the fact that there was not significant movement in some areas should not have come as a major surprise."

Fehr: "If this was the Thanksgiving dinner, they gave us the relish tray with no turkey."

About the negotiation process

Daly: "I would be the first to admit this process has played out not as we would have hoped and expected. We hate where we are, and wish we were in a better place and we feel badly for everyone involved in the game."

Fehr: "Our general position is we are available to meet any time. I don't know what we have to say right now. We don't have any proposals for them. We made a very significant movement Wednesday. We moved a couple of miles and they moved a couple of inches."

About whether talks will break off

Fehr: "(During the last CBA lockout) there was a period of nine or 10 weeks with no contact between the sides. We rarely go nine or 10 hours without contact between the sides."

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